The blow directly impacted the bear's neck, severing it almost completely. The bear whimpered, staggering back while trying to hold its head with its paws, but an ice spear pierced it, finally separating its head from its body. The bear fell with a heavy impact to the ground and began to turn into gray smoke.
Upon landing, William approached the corpse and began to absorb it again with his ring. The gray energy flooded into his body. After a moment, his entire body burned with power. Despite that, he fell back onto the ground as he recovered. His whole body screamed in pain. The last time he had used that ability, all his muscles had broken, and now, with this combination ability, he expected to suffer a much more violent reaction. But to his surprise, his body was still intact; he only felt some pain, nothing serious.
"We did excellent, Angel. We got lucky, but we did it."
